Guess I'll get things started. A lot of "experts" are predicting a deep run in the playoffs for this year's Packers. But that's a long way off and I for one will enjoy the journey between the first game to the last. I'm hoping we can use this thread for thoughts along the way for this season. There's also a lot of Bear's fans lurking and that's OK as long as we keep it civil. And if we let the Bears in then we have to include the Vikings and Lions too. So, be nice and by the end of the season we can hope to be riding in the deep snows of the NFC North. With that said, I found the following item of interest on Channel 2's web site, a neat story indeed.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – An historic piece of the Frozen Tundra is on display at the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame at Lambeau Field.
The team has received a donation of a section of the goal post from the 1967 NFL Championship between the Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Of course, that’s much better known as the Ice Bowl.
Here’s the story of the goal post, via the Green Bay Packers:
“The five foot-long section of goal post was donated by Stew Mills and the Mills family, who had received it from the James and Barbara Smith family. Both families attended the Ice Bowl, and following the victory that was sealed with Bart Starr’s quarterback sneak, the Smiths found themselves on the playing field taking down the goal post with a group of several strangers, all of whom wished to lay claim to the post’s lower section.
The group loaded their section into the Smith family van and drove to a construction company’s shop operated by one of the members of the group. They cut the goal post section into pieces, dividing the pieces amongst the group.
The Smith family’s section remained in their home in the Town of Center until 1990, when James Smith gave it as a gift to the Stew and Henry Mills families. The goal post was displayed at the Mills Fleet Farm Appleton office in the years since then, and the Mills family is proud to donate the unique artifact to the Packers Hall of Fame for fans to enjoy.”
Fans can view the goal post at the Ice Bowl Theater on the second floor of the Hall of Fame.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – An historic piece of the Frozen Tundra is on display at the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame at Lambeau Field.
The team has received a donation of a section of the goal post from the 1967 NFL Championship between the Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Of course, that’s much better known as the Ice Bowl.
Here’s the story of the goal post, via the Green Bay Packers:
“The five foot-long section of goal post was donated by Stew Mills and the Mills family, who had received it from the James and Barbara Smith family. Both families attended the Ice Bowl, and following the victory that was sealed with Bart Starr’s quarterback sneak, the Smiths found themselves on the playing field taking down the goal post with a group of several strangers, all of whom wished to lay claim to the post’s lower section.
The group loaded their section into the Smith family van and drove to a construction company’s shop operated by one of the members of the group. They cut the goal post section into pieces, dividing the pieces amongst the group.
The Smith family’s section remained in their home in the Town of Center until 1990, when James Smith gave it as a gift to the Stew and Henry Mills families. The goal post was displayed at the Mills Fleet Farm Appleton office in the years since then, and the Mills family is proud to donate the unique artifact to the Packers Hall of Fame for fans to enjoy.”
Fans can view the goal post at the Ice Bowl Theater on the second floor of the Hall of Fame.
, if Bradford improves they got a shot.